My heart's in the Highlands, by the author of 'The nut-brown maids'.Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand, 1861 - 434 sider |
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... Mackie , ' observed Mary , address- ing her by a homely but affectionate by - name , ' have you had a communication from John Dun- glas ? ' ' Oh no , Mary , of course not , when he had not apprised the House . I heard it in a very ...
... Mackie , ' observed Mary , address- ing her by a homely but affectionate by - name , ' have you had a communication from John Dun- glas ? ' ' Oh no , Mary , of course not , when he had not apprised the House . I heard it in a very ...
Side 183
... Mackie , why did you say so ? ' ' Oh ! I mentioned no names , Mary . It might have been one of his cousins - the Lettach girls , or Isabella Tobercairn , for aught that Barbara could tell . Of course Barbara deferred to me , but ...
... Mackie , why did you say so ? ' ' Oh ! I mentioned no names , Mary . It might have been one of his cousins - the Lettach girls , or Isabella Tobercairn , for aught that Barbara could tell . Of course Barbara deferred to me , but ...
Side 184
... Mackie , ' exclaimed Mary . ' John Dunglas can invite whom he pleases , and it does not signify much to us , after all , for I am not half sure that we will be there ; the weather , and the peats , and we did not count on a crowd of ...
... Mackie , ' exclaimed Mary . ' John Dunglas can invite whom he pleases , and it does not signify much to us , after all , for I am not half sure that we will be there ; the weather , and the peats , and we did not count on a crowd of ...
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... Mackie will ob- serve and comment on everything ; and if we do not go , as I believe we shall not now , we will still have a report of the proceedings . ' Notwithstanding , Mary half regretted that Mrs. Macdonnel had informed them of ...
... Mackie will ob- serve and comment on everything ; and if we do not go , as I believe we shall not now , we will still have a report of the proceedings . ' Notwithstanding , Mary half regretted that Mrs. Macdonnel had informed them of ...
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... Mackie , ' entreated Mary with doleful prudence ; ' compose yourself . If you faint out here in the moonlight , when I have not my drops in my pocket , Malcolm and I may not be able to recover you , though to be sure we have an ...
... Mackie , ' entreated Mary with doleful prudence ; ' compose yourself . If you faint out here in the moonlight , when I have not my drops in my pocket , Malcolm and I may not be able to recover you , though to be sure we have an ...
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My Heart's in the Highlands, by the Author of 'The Nut-Brown Maids' Henrietta Keddie Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2016 |
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Anne's Annie believe Ben Falloch better Captain Robertson Charlie Choillean Cormac Macgregor Country cousin cried Croclune dance dark daughter dear Dunglas's eyes Fabian house face Falloch father Flora Robertson Flory friends girl glad Glen Aldour grey half hand head hear heart heather Highland hills honour horse Inverluig John Dun John Dunglas lady Laird lass laugh lived loch look low country Macdonnels of Aldour Mackie madam Malcolm Mary Aldour Mary's ment mind Minnie Miss Anne Macdonald Miss Macdonnel Miss Ussie mistress mother mountains Nancy Robert Nancy Robertson neighbours ness never Niel night Octavo old Dunglas peat Pitfadden plaid poor racter ralia render Roderick Finralia Rory round Schoolhouse spirit Spout Bahn stood strong sweet tacksman Tannach tell thing thought walk wife wild woman women wonder young Dunglas
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Side 105 - Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm* of earliest birds; pleasant the Sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient* beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile Earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming-on Of grateful Evening mild...
Side 430 - Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town ? ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Side 88 - She bestows her year's wages at next fair; and in choosing her garments, counts no bravery in the world like decency. The garden and beehive are all her physic and chirurgery, and she lives the longer for it.
Side 105 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Side 105 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Side 12 - Bright are the chiefs of battle, in the armor of their fathers. Gloomy and dark their heroes follow, like the gathering of the rainy clouds behind the red meteors of heaven. The sounds of crashing arms ascend.
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Side 88 - Never was any of her sex born with better gifts of the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs.
Side 6 - He wore a pair of brogues, Tartan hose which came up only near to his knees, and left them bare, a purple camblet kilt, a black waistcoat, a short green cloth coat bound with gold cord, a yellowish bushy wig, a large blue bonnet with a gold thread button.